I recommend a reformat or at the very least a complete antivirus, anti spyware, remove all unneccessary software, registry clean and defrag.

2gb of ram would definately help, not all ram is the same. Fast ram (800mhz rather than 667 or 553 will make a difference but all modules need to be the same speed otherwise all will run at the slower speed).

Moving to a dual core processor will also make a huge amount of difference.

Will the extra RAM make a difference when I'm running only 32 bit Windows?

Probably should make more space available to CS3 in scratch disk space too?

Thanks again.

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Change OS to Win XP, add 2 GB RAM and then Google "3GB switch" to learn how to get WinXP to let applications use 3 GB instead of only 2 GB. The extra memory will then be recognized by Photoshop and will show up in Preferences---->Performance----->Memory Usage.

Will the extra RAM make a difference when I'm running only 32 bit Windows?

Probably should make more space available to CS3 in scratch disk space too?

Thanks again.

D.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=201161\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

Change OS to Win XP, add 2 GB RAM and then Google "3GB switch" to learn how to get WinXP to let applications use 3 GB instead of only 2 GB. The extra memory will then be recognized by Photoshop and will show up in Preferences---->Performance----->Memory Usage.